writer + director // 19 minutes // 35 mm
An absurdist dark comedy about a man whose life takes a turn for the worse when he starts vomiting rabbits. Based on a short story by Julio Cortázar.
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SCREENINGS:
Palm Springs International ShortFest
Comic-Con
Cucalorus
Camerimage
Mill Valley Film Festival
Athens International Film Festival
Seattle International Film Festival / Bumbershoot 1 Reel Film Festival
Sedona International Film Festival
Film Independent Project Involve Showcase, REDCAT
AWARDS:
Best of Festival (Columbus International Film Festival)
PHOTOS BY REBECCA FISHMAN
writer + director // 7 minutes
A modern take on the screwball comedy, this branded short tells the tale of two estranged lovers on the run from a mob hitwoman.
Client: The Lincoln Motor Company
Produced by: Vanity Fair and Film Independent
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writer + director // 22 minutes // super 16 mm
The line between love and violence is blurred when the magnetic doyenne of a Grand Guignol theater company forces her young protégé to participate in her grand exit from the stage.
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SCREENINGS:
Reeling: The Chicago LGBTQ+ Int’l Film Festival
Method Fest Film Festival
Santa Fe Film Festival
Romania International Film Festival
Strassbourg International Film Festival
AWARDS:
Best Narrative Short (Arizona Underground Film Festival)
Special Jury Selection Winner (Lady Filmmakers Festival)
Accolade Award of Excellence
PHOTOS BY REBECCA FISHMAN
PHOTO BY IAN McALPIN
PHOTO BY IAN McALPIN
PHOTO BY IAN McALPIN
PHOTO BY IAN McALPIN
PHOTO BY IAN McALPIN
PHOTO BY IAN McALPIN
PHOTO BY IAN McALPIN
director + co-writer // 10 minutes
A woman finds a magical phone and reveals an unexpected truth.
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SCREENINGS:
Woodstock Film Festival
Hollywood Reel Independent Film Festival
director // web series
Cleaner Daze is a dark comedy original series about addiction, written by a recovering drug addict. I had the pleasure of directing two episodes with show creator, Tess Sweet.
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SCREENINGS:
Tribeca Film Festival
Austin Film Festival
AWARDS:
Gotham Awards nominee — Breakthrough series, short form
writer + director // 8 minutes
Two wolves and a dancing lamb try to decide on what to have for lunch.
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SCREENINGS:
LA Film Festival
Cucalorus
Produced with a grant from Cal Humanities, through Film Independent’s Project Involve
writer + director // 11 minutes // super 16 mm
A classic love story unfolds in a highly artificial Arctic setting. When William travels north by hot air balloon to win Alexia back, they soon realize how haunted they are by the memory of their friend and lover Anna.
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SCREENINGS:
Seattle International Film Festival
Athens International Film Festival
Atlanta Underground Film Festival
New Filmmakers LA
director // pilot // written by Meredith Bishop // Girl Crush Films
When a group of fortyish women tries a little too hard to fill a seat in their book club, they embark on a desperate quest to find the last new friend they will ever have.
writer + director // 3 minutes // super 16 mm
An accused man seeks refuge, but instead finds himself at the dinner table of two bossy and precocious children. As the conversation progresses from polite banter to interrogation, it becomes clear that this man has nowhere to hide.
SCREENINGS:
Boston Underground Film Festival
Arizona Underground Film Festival
NewFilmmakers LA
writer + director // 30 minutes // 16 mm
A woman obsessed with horticulture, language, and a past trauma seeks answers, only to find that she is under investigation by a team of psychoanalytic detectives.
co-writer + director // 11 minutes // 16 mm
One day in his attic workshop, artisan-storyteller Uncle Josef realizes that the missing piece for his masterpiece sculpture is not another broken umbrella, but his partner in crime, Lucy.
SCREENINGS:
VisionFest
Santa Fe Film Festival
Antimatter Film Festival
Citizen Jane Film Festival
Film Fest New Haven
Anthology Film Archives New Filmmakers series